Estee Lauder (EL $95.13 -5.61) Reported fourth quarter earnings of $0.25 per share, $0.01 better than the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate of $0.24.
Revenues rose 12.0% year over year to $2.06 billion versus the $2.02 billion consensus.
The company issued mixed guidance for the first quarter with EPS of $1.10-1.20, excluding non-recurring items, versus the $1.12 Capital IQ Consensus Estimate and revenues of 2.32-2.36 billion versus the $2.26 billion Capital IQ Consensus Estimate. The company issued guidance for fiscal year 2012 with EPS of $4.00-4.20, ex-items and may not be comparable to $4.34 Capital IQ Consensus Estimate, and revenues of $9.34-9.51 versus the $9.46 billion Capital IQ Consensus Estimate.






